Randomised Text Admin
The Randomised text
library keeps your site visitors' interest and stimulates them to read
much more of your content than they would ever do on a static page. It
can contain any number of 'articles', one of which will be output each
time the Home Page is loaded.
To give full control over the content, HTML, style codes
and JavaScript can be used in Randomised
text includes. And
because they are stored as files in your filing system, they can incorporate
content copied into place by a web designer, or generated from other content
by a program script.
Customising Random Text Includes
As a logged-in admin user,
click the Home Page Admin link
from the Home Page, and choose the Random
text Admin option.
Output
this function to users' browsers can be turned on and off.
A column of icons down the
right-hand side of the page allow you to add, delete, edit or re-order
Randomised . (Bear
in mind that the effect of your changes may vary according to your stylesheet
settings.)
Adding
a text article: Click the 
icon to add a text article.
A pop-up
window will collect the details from you:
Title:
the title will not appear on your web page. It
serves as easy reference in the admin interface and is output to the HTML
as a comment.
Content:
HTML, style codes, styles, JavaScript are all valid in this box.
Note: Because this function
is designed for HTML content, line-breaks will be ignored if standard
text is entered. Entering
<BR> will force a new line, or enclosing a paragraph
between the tags <P> and </P> will separate your text into paragraphs.
Deleting
a text article: Click the title of a text article in your list
which you want to delete, and then click the 
icon. You
will be asked to confirm the deletion by clicking OK.
Editing
a text article: Click the title of a text article in your list
which you want to edit, and then click the 
icon. A
pop-up window will display the reference title and current contents of
the article. Click
OK to confirm the changes or Cancel to return to the Randomised
graphic Admin screen without saving the changes.
Re-ordering
text articles: although only one text article is output each time
the Home Page is created, you may want to reorder the list for ease of
reference. Click
on a graphic in your list which you want to reorder, and click the 
or 
icon to move it up or down your list.
Random
text can be previewed before
committing any changes you have made.
To confirm any changes you
have made, click Update. (Clicking
the Home Page or Home
Page Admin links will also confirm your changes.) To
cancel any changes you have made since the last update, click the Cancel Changes link.
Maintaining random text articles through your server's file system
Adding/Deleting
article files: the library of random text articles is stored in
the randomtext/ sub-directory
of your Home Page directory. Once
registered with the application, files can be copied in and out freely
as long as the filename is maintained.
Edit
the links.txt file: the first random text article (as arranged
in the admin interface) is name randomtext1.txt,
the second is randomtext2.txt,
and so on. Titles
are stored in a separate file (random.txt)
where each title is stored in order and on a separate line.
Technical Details
These technical details are intended for web designers when setting
up a stylesheet.
The sample HTML output below shows how the random text is output. If
customised output is required for your home page implementation, please
contact the developers.
In the output Home Page,
the random text function is contained
between the comments <!--Random Text
Part--> and <!--Random Text
End-->, containing a single DIV
block with class and id="random_text" containing
the random text article.
HTML Output
<!--
Random Text Part-->
<!-- Random
Text Article Title -->
<div class=randomtext
id=randomtext>
Random
Text Article goes here
</div>
<!-- Random Text End-->
Sample Stylesheet Implementation
Random text articles may contain styles which are referenced in the
style sheet(s).